You're so old that ...

... you can’t expect us to believe you don’t creep yourself out a little bit once in a while. Christopher Walken turns 66 today. Other birthdays include actress Peggy Rea (88), actor William Daniels (82), actor Richard Chamberlain (75), actress Shirley Jones (75), singer-songwriter John D. Loudermilk (75), musician Herb Alpert (74), comedian Gabe Kaplan (64), actress Rhea Perlman (61), actor Ed Marinaro (59), Angus Young of AC/DC (54), actor Ewan McGregor (38) and rapper Tony Yayo (31).

Eastern Promises sequel?

There are two reasons for this post. The first is that David Cronenberg doing a sequel would be new and different. The second is that it's a good excuse to run a picture of Viggo Mortensen looking all tortured and uncertain and in need of a hug.

Anybarefeet, MTV reports that Cronenberg is looking at doing a sequel to Eastern Promises: “We are moving forward with it ... I have some very strong ideas about what I would like to see, but I would like to hear what they have to say as well. And then after that, if all goes well, Steve [Knight] goes away and writes a great script. If we all like it, we make it.”

Xena buys Spartacus. Kinda

From EW:

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless is returning to the sword-and-sandal genre in Starz's new series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Lawless will portray Lucretia, one of the owners of prisoner-turned-gladiator Spartacus, who'll be played by Australian newcomer Andy Whitfield. The series is being executive produced by Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, and Joshua Donen and will premiere on Starz in January 2010. 

Bruno gets slapped, but not in a fun way

It looks like Sasha Baron Cohen will have to cut back on the naughty if Bruno is to avoid a box office killing NC-17 rating. According to The Wrap, "Universal’s Bruno ... has been slapped with an NC-17 rating on its first submission to the Motion Picture Association of America because of numerous sexual scenes that the ratings board considers over the line, according to the studio releasing the film. Among the objectionable scenes is one in which Bruno -- a gay Austrian fashionista played by Baron Cohen -- appears to have anal sex with a man on camera. In another, the actor goes on a hunting trip and sneaks naked into the tent of one of the fellow hunters, an unsuspecting non-actor ... Cohen needs to deliver an R-rated film to Universal, which will not consider releasing an NC-17 Bruno, according to an executive there." 

There's something different about Pamela ...

The photo to the left was taken at a fashion show this past weekend. The one to the right is from a mere three weeks ago. To what does she owe the amazing transformation? A) Botox. B) Your garden variety deal with the devil. C) Inner peace and tranquility. D) Fresh air. E) A diet consisting of apples, fairy dust and the unsullied souls of baby kittens.

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Afternoon delights

Katherine Heigl may bless us with more of her presence. If she's not killed off Whew, I was so very worried that Grey's Anatomy would have to do without Izzie and her pet brain tumour, but Heigl says that, "I was assuming that [Izzie would die] at one point, and I got a lot of shrugged shoulders and shakes of the head, so I don't know if that's a yes or a no. No one will tell me and I don't know how this is going to go." More here.  

This is an early April Fool's joke, isn't it? According to NME, "Green Day have confirmed that their 2004 album American Idiot will be turned into a musical."

Gisele Bunchen takes ownership of Tom Brady's kid According to Us, the freshly-hitched model has never met John's mom, Bridget Moynahan. "I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it's not like because somebody else delivered him, that's not my child. I feel it is, 100 percent. I want him to have a great relationship with his mom, because that's important, but I love him the same way as if he were mine."

Here's an a message allegedly left by Britney Spears to her lawyer a couple of months ago Exciting. I know.

New Star Trek trailer

Is that a Robin Hood-type beard?

I have a pretty big weakness for Great Big Sea. It goes back a long time to when I was young and drunk and acccidentally saw them at Lee's Palace. Don't judge.

Anyfiddle, here's a picture of Alan Doyle at the MySpace/HollywoodMinute Lounge at The Junos. I'm not convinced that I'm crazy about the beard, which I assume has to do with his role in the Robin Hood movie. He looks like a guitar/social science teacher at an alternative school or something. They are seldom hot.

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Glee looks glood

High school as seen through the lens of the guys who brought us Nip/Tuck? I'll buy that.

Apart from that, how was your weekend?

Monsters vs. Aliens take box office $58.2 million dollars went to the 3D super-extravaganza animated Dreamworks kiddie-magnet over the weekend. The Haunting in Connecticut took $23 million and Knowing fell to third place with $14.7. Box Office Mojo.

Mel and Mike eliminated from Amazing Race That's sad and all, because they were kinda my favourite team. But is was not anywhere as sad as the horrific treatment of the animals in the Phuket Zoo. I don't know what producer thought it would be okay to have a challenge that included the contestants being photographed with a shackled, beaten tiger and elephants forced to perform stupid tricks. I hope PETA and the Humane Society gets on the network's case. I would send an angry letter, but I'm too busy teaching my cats to play the little tambourines I've tied to their front paws.

Poor Candy Spelling sells $150 million house because Tori won't let her see the kids "I don't see Tori and Dean anymore," Candy told People. "I used to see Liam, but no longer. And I've never met Stella." Furthermore, "If I had any hope that I would have a relationship with my grandchildren I would never sell this house. I've fantasized for years about a wonderful playhouse on the grounds for children."

Awards Part 1: Nickeback won three Junos last night. You can read Ben Rayner's account of the "ho-hum" show right here.

Awards Part 2: At the Kids' Choice Awards, Miley and The Jonas Brothers and Selena Gomez and the cast of High School Musical and other bright lights won a bunch of trophies and got slimed. More here.

Tim Allen and wife have new baby They name her Elizabeth. I think we may be trending towards normal baby names. Charlie Sheen named his new kids Max and Bob and, erm, yeah I can't think of any other examples right this moment. More here.